Why Are Chip Bags So Hard To Recycle? | World Wide Waste | Business Insider

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The modern chip bag took decades to evolve from a single sheet to a complicated mix of plastics and aluminum. The design, referred to as a multilayered package, is used in everything from juice boxes to ketchup packets to yogurt pouches. The use of so many materials means the packaging is almost never recycled. One entrepreneur is tackling this ubiquitous waste stream in India by turning it into sunglasses.

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00:00 - Intro
00:58 - History Of Chip Packaging
01:57 - How Modern Chip Bags Are Made
02:38 - Why Multilayer Packages Are So Hard To Recycle
03:35 - Finding A Solution
04:10 - Recycling Process
08:48 - Making Sunglasses
10:08 - Why Recycling Plants Don't Process Multilayer Packaging
10:43 - Recycling Multilayer Packaging With Solvent Washes
11:40 - Corporate Subsidies Needed For Recycling
12:12 - Compostable Chip Bags
12:55 - How Tetra Pak Recycles Multilayer Milk Cartons
15:42 - Global Market & Solutions For Multilayer Packages
16:20 - Monolayer Plastic Films
16:38 - Conclusion

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Why Are Chip Bags So Hard To Recycle? | World Wide Waste | Business Insider

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